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No. 252,233. Patented Jan. 10,1882".

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FELICIE F. N. MARAlS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FRUIT-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\To. 252,233, dated January 10, 18 82. Application filed December 3, 1881. (X model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FELIGIE F. N. MARAIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Fruit- Presses, of which the following is a specificatiou.

My invention is an improvement on the press for which Letters Patent were issued to me on the 12th day of July, 1881; and it consists in certain changes and additions whereby to secure increased power without departing from the principle of operation forming the main feature of the said patented press.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of my improved press; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation. Fig. 3is a plan view.

TheplatformA,supporting-legsa,perforated cylinder 0, and plunger B are substantially similar to those in my aforesaid patented press. As thus constructed the press is available for many purposes, as for expressing the juice of grapes, tomatoes, currants, berries, &c., the plunger being forced down by hand and turned by means of the cross-bar T; but in some instances, as in mashing and expressing thejuice of apples, peaches, plums, &c., greater pressure is required than can be readily applied by-directly bearing on the plunger. I therefore thread the stern d, pass it through a threaded opening in the cross-bar T, and confine the latter temporarily to the platform by screw-bolts e e, secured to the cross-bar and provided with thumb-nuts '5. By this arrangement Iam enabled to use direct pressure. as before, in pressing the lighter, softer fruits and vegetables; but for the denser materials I can secure the cross-bar T in position, and then by turning the handle secure the heavier pressure desired. It is desirable to connect and disconnect the cross-bar with facility. It may therefore have lateral notches s to receive the screw-pins e, and may be applied to and removed from the latter by simply turning it, Without necessarily removing the nuts 2'.

I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an improvementon my aforesaid patented press, the combination, in a fruit-press, of the stationary platform A,supported by legs a and supporting the suspended perforated cylinder '0, in combination with the plunger B, its T- shaped screw handle, and the crossbar T, adapted to be connected detachably to the platform, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FELIGIE F. N. MARAIS.

Witnesses:

GEo. H. EVANS, WM. A. PoLLooK. 

